Lore: An E-journal for Teachers of Writing seeks submissions for theDigressions section of the Fall 2004 issue. In the past year or so,blogging has become something of a national pastime with academics becominga core group using blogs for personal and professional reasons. Yet eventhough many people embrace blogging, many others have no idea what it is orwhy anyone would do it. In this issue of Lore, we want to explore the rollthat blogging plays for compositionists and the composition classroom.

Lore: An E-journal for Teachers of Writing seeks submissions for theDigressions section of the Fall 2004 issue. In the past year or so,blogging has become something of a national pastime with academics becominga core group using blogs for personal and professional reasons. Yet eventhough many people embrace blogging, many others have no idea what it is orwhy anyone would do it. In this issue of Lore, we want to explore the rollthat blogging plays for compositionists and the composition classroom.

Transformations explores and promotes inclusive pedagogy and curriculumtransformation. Representing a variety of cross-disciplinary interests,both theoretical and practical, the journal is designed to create a dynamicexchange among diverse scholars. A variety of approaches, from theoreticalessays to short descriptions of pedagogical innovations, will assistteachers and scholars at all levels who are committed to integrating recentscholarship on gender, race/ ethnicity, class, sexuality, and other identitypositions. Original submissions are sought as follows:

Transformations explores and promotes inclusive pedagogy and curriculumtransformation. Representing a variety of cross-disciplinary interests,both theoretical and practical, the journal is designed to create a dynamicexchange among diverse scholars. A variety of approaches, from theoreticalessays to short descriptions of pedagogical innovations, will assistteachers and scholars at all levels who are committed to integrating recentscholarship on gender, race/ ethnicity, class, sexuality, and other identitypositions. Original submissions are sought as follows:

New Deadline for Second Number:Submissions are now sought for the second number of Writing Macao:creativetext and teaching, to appear in November of 2004. Contributions areparticularly sought in the area of theory and practice relating to theteaching of creative writing in English in non-native contexts. Thedeadline for papers is extended to the end of October, 2004. Submissions ofcreative work will also now be accepted.

Rebecca McNeer of Ohio University and Nicholas Birns of New SchoolUniversity (New York) are co-editing a Companion to Twentieth-CenturyAustralian Literature to be published in 2007 by Boydell andBrewer/University of Rochester Press. Most of the entries have alreadybeen assigned but there are a few entries still available:

1. Writing Aboriginality (from 1788 to 1988; excludes post-Mabodevelopments)2. Dorothy Hewett3. Dransfield and His Generation4. The Demidenko Affair and Hoaxes in Australian Literature

Lore: An E-journal for Teachers of Writing seeks submissions for the JobStrategies section of the Fall 2004 issue. Almost everyone who chooses toteach composition does so because of a drive to teach, whether that drivecomes from enjoyment, a sense of purpose, or something else. Even when welove teaching, however, we often face a challenge when we try to describewhat forms the foundation not only of why we teach but also how weteach. For many job applicants, one of the most stressful documents tocreate is the teaching philosophy. How do we articulate principles thathave often remained unspoken, ideas that also represent core beliefs thatshape one of our primary identities: composition instructor?

Papers are invited, for a major essay collection, addressing therelationships between literature and the Scottish reformation. Papers thatdeal with drama, puritanism or critical theory are particularly welcomed.Please fax an abstract, by 31 November 2004, to +44-161-275-3256 (Dept ofEnglish & American Studies, University of Manchester).